Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-17
Drowned.

chronicle q sadder or more painful
event than what happened last even.
Ing. To read Of death abroad does not
give us pain or cause us TO stop and
think OF the dread destroyer, but
when II comes into our very midst,
and takes away . friend, . neighbor, q
husband and y father, then ir 10 that
death In all its terrors cones close TO
each and everyone. With feelings Of
sadness we announce the demise by
drowning Of Donald F. Mcmillan.
which happened In the Yellowstone
slough about halt way between Mr..
Bender's house and the slaughtering
establishment. The details Of the
event are about as follows: A party Of
five, consisting of John Mcdonald,
Bob Orme, George Devin, Mr.. Blanck
and the deceased. were fishing with q
seine Ia the slough. Mr.. Blanck was
stationed on the mainland. while the
four others with the seine were at
work on the island side. Mcmillan
and Dsvin were at one end, Orme and
Mcdonald al the lower end down
stream. As they moved out into deep
water, the first two without any warn.
ing stepped from off alevel into q deep
hole. Mcmillan seemed perfectly self.
possessed and after he had gone down
once he spoke to Dsvin to 'brace up,
that he could get In shore all right"
After much struggling Devin ex-
tracted himself from the quIcksands
and got ashore 10 an exhausted condI-
ton. MI. BlAnck, who was on the
other side. had ALREADY taken of his
clothes preparatory % going to the
rescue, when Mcmillan went down
again; Mr.. b. waited for his appear.
ance, but he never came to the surface
again. It Ia not known whether he
was taken with the cramps OF became
entangled 10 the meshes Of the seine.
which he had dropped ut the first.
Mcdonald and Orme, who had come
TO the seene from below. began at
once to dive .or him. but the stream
was go muddy that nothing could be
seen, and besides the quicksands were
deep and wide right where the acci-
dent occurred, making it dangerous
for the rescuers, but all was done that
could be at that time. The men real
ICED then that their companion was
no more, and that life must have been
extinct by this time. A guard was
set upon the place while q return was
made TO town to spread the news. and
procure graphing irons and proper
lean for rescuing the body. The
news spread like wildHre and In q few
minutes numerous citizens were seen
hurrying toward the place Of accident
TO render all the assistance possible.
The event took place at about dusk,
and when the people arrived II was
dark. Bonfres were lighted and the
rescuing party, consisting of Louis
King, Frank Bird and Bob Orms. In q
skiff commenced to drag the river.
Fortunately the body was recovered at
the first instance, within sixty feet Of
where he went down. The body wa
tsndsrly taken up and driven 10 al
u~noccupied building on Main street,
where an inquest will be held this
morning. The deceased was about 40
years old ana leaves q wife and three
children to mourn his loss. MI. Mo-
MILAN 10 an old settler, having come
into this country in ~, was county
commissioners at one time, and 10 well
known all over the country. Mrs. Mo
MILAN has the sympathetic feeling Of
all In her sad affection, doubly sad for
IL comes 90 unexpected.